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Catalysis as the science of the acceleration of chemical processes is a key technology of the 21st century.

Major goals of our scientific work are the elaboration of knowledge in basic research in all areas of catalysis as well as their transfer into technical applications.

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Leibniz Institute for Catalysis

at the University of Rostock (LIKAT)

Welcome

In January 2006 the Leibniz Institute for Organic Catalysis at the University of Rostock (IfOK) and the Institute for Applied Chemistry Berlin-Adlershof (ACA) merged and the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis at the University of Rostock was born.

The Leibniz Institute for Catalysis is the largest publicly funded research institute in Europe performing application-oriented research in the field of catalysis. We are your partner for research and development of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts as well as for catalytic processes.

Our expertise in catalysis research is orientated on methods and on chemical compounds. Among the main research areas are:

CO chemistry and chemistry of metal organic complexes
C–C coupling reactions
Selective oxidation reactions
Preparation of catalytically active materials and nanoporous inorganic membranes
Reaction engineering and high-throughput technologies
Asymmetric catalysis
In-situ investigations and operando spectroscopy
Analysis of optically active compounds

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